A Real Girl
By Michelle Albert
Besides being unique in that she's Jewish, the newest American Girl Doll shares a name with a criminal wanted by the FBI.
Rebecca...
Menachem Z. Rosensaft: "MSNBC's deafening silence on Buchanan's Holocaust denial forum"
In an op-ed for the Jerusalem Post, Menachem Z. Rosensaft writes about how he discovered a Holocaust denial forum hosted on Pat Buchanan's website and...
Statement By Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters
The following is a statement from the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters regarding the recent comments in Moment Magazine by Rabbi Manis Friedman.
Regarding recent comments made by...
A Statement from Rabbi Friedman
**The following is an updated statement as of June 5.
I would like to clarify the answer published in my name in last month's issue of...
A Wreck-tastic Passover Shout-out
By Maxine Springer
I was delighted to discover that one of my favorite blogs, CakeWrecks, had a special post dedicated to Passover. (If you're not familiar...
Make Your Own Matzoh
By Nonna Gorilovskaya
My friend and cooking goddess Jenna Huntsberger never tasted matzoh before she decided to bake her own. (Note to self: I am...
Heeb Magazine Must Be Hilarious—Fake Holocaust Memoir Writing Contest
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
In their most recent gimmick, Heeb has outdone even their own high standard of Jewish tomfoolery. Really outdone it. The idiosyncratic Jewish quarterly...
Have you checked out Moment's March/April issue?
It's on newsstands now!
Check out our cover story on Bernie Madoff, the man who ran what was perhaps one of history’s largest Ponzi schemes, remains...
Should Israel Recognize Kosovo's Independence?
By Jeremy Gillick
In February of 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Now, as the country of two million--almost all of whom...
Avigdor Lieberman: Israel's Le Pen
By Jeremy Gillick
Two years ago, Ha'aretz correspondent Lily Galili profiled the right wing Israeli politician and founder of the Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel is our Home")...
Kiev Celebrates Sholom Aleichem, then Destroys his House
By Jeremy Gillick
Following celebrations in Kiev in honor of the 150th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's birth, developers destroyed his house.
The great Yiddish writer would...
George Mitchell: Good for the Jews?
By Jeremy Gillick
Yes, it's true. Barack Obama has ordered Guantanamo closed. That's big news, at least symbolically. But the bigger news, the decision that could...